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EU Radio Equipment Directive Timeline

RED has applied since 13 June 2016. Later acts added category-specific common-charger dates and activated cybersecurity requirements for specified radio equipment.

Use each date as a legal-status gate: identify the product, category, and first EU market-placement date, then record which design, label, standards, declaration, or technical-file evidence the change affects.

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May 9, 2026
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Jul 25, 2026
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Published May 9, 2026
Updated Jul 25, 2026
Overview

The main RED application date was 13 June 2016. The old-law transition covered only qualifying equipment for which occurred before 13 June 2017. Later category deadlines were 28 December 2024 for listed wired-chargeable handheld devices, 1 August 2025 for the cybersecurity requirements activated by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30, and 28 April 2026 for wired-chargeable laptops. These dates do not apply to every radio product, so record the category, first EU market placement, applicable requirement, and evidence affected by each milestone.

Section 1

Which RED dates change a product decision?

A date changes a product decision only after the product and the market act are clear. '' is the first supply of an individual product on the Union market; later supply is 'making available'. Record whether the unit qualified for the old-law transition, belongs to a listed wired-chargeable common-charger category, falls within one or more Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 categories, or relies on a harmonised standard subject to an Official Journal restriction or withdrawal date.

Adoption, publication, entry into force, transposition, and application are different milestones. Adoption and publication identify the legal history. The application date determines when the operative duties must be used. A transition provision applies only on its stated conditions; it is not a general extension for products first placed on the market after the cutoff.

  • 16 April 2014: Directive 2014/53/EU was adopted.
  • 22 May 2014: RED was published in the Official Journal.
  • 11 June 2014: RED entered into force, 20 days after publication.
  • 12 June 2016: Member States had to adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed to comply with RED.
  • 13 June 2016: RED began to apply, and Directive 1999/5/EC was repealed with effect from that date.
  • Before 13 June 2017: Article 48 protected equipment only if it complied with the earlier applicable Union legislation and had already been placed on the market before this date.
  • 23 November 2022: Directive (EU) 2022/2380, the common-charger amendment, was adopted. Member States had to transpose it by 28 December 2023.
  • 28 December 2024: common-charger requirements started to apply to the twelve listed handheld categories insofar as the equipment can be recharged by wired charging.
  • 30 January 2025: Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/138 published references to EN 18031-1:2024, EN 18031-2:2024, and EN 18031-3:2024 with notices limiting presumption of conformity for specified clauses or configurations.
  • 1 August 2025: Article 3(3)(d), (e), and (f) became applicable to the categories assigned by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30, subject to that regulation's exclusions.
  • 11 December 2025: EUR-Lex dates the current consolidated version of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 available during this review to this day. Standards citations remain version-, requirement-, restriction-, and withdrawal-date specific, so check the current OJEU record again at each conformity freeze.
  • 28 April 2026: common-charger requirements started to apply to laptops capable of wired recharging.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment (30 May 2026)
Current consolidated RED source for market-placement definitions, entry into force, transposition, application, repeal of Directive 1999/5/EC, and the conditional Article 48 transition.
Directive (EU) 2022/2380 on common chargers for radio equipment
Binding source for adoption, transposition, the listed wired-chargeable categories, and application from 28 December 2024 or 28 April 2026.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 on RED cybersecurity
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity categories and Article 3(3) activation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2444 on RED cybersecurity application date
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity application-date change.
European Commission - one common charging solution for all
Commission source for common charger scope, information, and timing.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/138 on RED cybersecurity standards
Official source for the 30 January 2025 OJEU citation of the EN 18031 series and the notices limiting presumption of conformity.
Consolidated Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 on RED harmonised standards (11 December 2025)
Current consolidated standards decision available during this review; use its exact references, restrictions, and withdrawal dates when claiming presumption of conformity.
Section 2

What should a dated RED decision record contain?

Keep one release record that links each date to the individual product or product type, category, software and antenna configuration, first EU supply, applicable legal provision, owner, conclusion, and affected evidence. Linking those fields prevents a general regulatory date from being mistaken for a universal redesign deadline.

For the 2017 transition, retain evidence of conformity with the earlier applicable Union legislation and evidence that the individual units were placed on the market before 13 June 2017. Manufacturing or warehousing before the cutoff is not the same as first supply on the Union market.

For a current launch, the supporting set normally includes the scope and role memo, Article 3 matrix, dated OJEU standards check, test reports, Article 17 route decision, notified-body certificate where the selected procedure requires one, cybersecurity and common-charger evidence where applicable, EU declaration of conformity, labels, instructions, and technical documentation.

  • Maintain a dated scope memo and cross-reference it to Directive 2014/53/EU.
  • Attach standards, tests, declarations, supplier inputs, authority correspondence, and remediation logs where they support the conclusion.
  • Reopen the record when the product, supplier, market, harmonised standard, guidance, or legal deadline changes.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment (30 May 2026)
Current consolidated RED source for placing on the market, the Article 48 transition, essential requirements, conformity assessment, declarations, technical documentation, and CE marking.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 on RED cybersecurity
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity categories and Article 3(3) activation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2444 on RED cybersecurity application date
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity application-date change.
European Commission - one common charging solution for all
Commission source for common charger scope, information, and timing.
Section 3

Turn the timeline into release gates

Assign an owner to each applicable date and record yes, no, or needs-escalation with the supporting evidence. Historical adoption and publication dates provide context; application dates, category deadlines, and standards withdrawal dates can change the release decision.

  • Record the finished product, radio technologies, configurations, intended use, economic-operator role, and planned placement date.
  • Test common-charger and delegated cybersecurity scope independently. For common charging, confirm both a listed category and wired-recharging capability. For cybersecurity, map points (d), (e), and (f) separately and record any exclusion.
  • Check the current Official Journal citation, version, restriction, and cessation date for every harmonised standard claimed in the declaration.
  • Update the test plan, labels, distance-selling display, instructions, declaration, technical documentation, and notified-body file only where the dated change affects them.
  • Reopen the record after a radio-critical component, antenna, software, intended-use, supplier, standards, or legal change.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment (30 May 2026)
Current consolidated RED source for scope, market-placement concepts, essential requirements, conformity assessment, declarations, technical documentation, and CE marking.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 on RED cybersecurity
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity categories and Article 3(3) activation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2444 on RED cybersecurity application date
Delegated source for RED cybersecurity application-date change.
European Commission - one common charging solution for all
Commission source for common charger scope, information, and timing.
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References and citations

European Commission - harmonised standards overview
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Official Commission overview used for standards, OJEU citation, and presumption-of-conformity context.
"Harmonised standards are European standards adopted on the basis of a request."
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